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Legal English Writing: A Practice-oriented Course 王秉乾 Mobile:Blogger：/wanguibe Email: wanguibe@ 公共邮箱：legalwriting2008@126.com 密码：uibe305 The essential questions: What do you expect from law? What are learning from and for law? What are you becoming of from law? What are the key attributes of a law student or professional? University Life: Objectives and Priorities Learn to learn; Learn to do; Learn to be together; Learn to be. Learn to be a professional Yale Universty: college graduate objectives The ability to think, speak and write clearly; The ability to reason critically and systematically; The ability to conceptualize and solve questions; The ability to think independently; The ability to take initiative and work independently; The ability to work in cooperation with others and learn collaboratively; To ability to judge what is the means to understand something thoroughly; The ability to distinguish the important from the trivial, the enduring from the ephemeral. Familiarity with different modes of thought; Depth of knowledge in a certain field; The ability to see connections among with disciplines, ideas and cultures; The ability to pursue lifelong learning. Lawyering Skills: Priorities Knowledge of statutory law: 1.67; The ability to understand human behavior:1.71; How to organize facts in your favor:1.71; Confidence 1.71; Critical and independent thinking: 1.82. Lawyering Skills: a list Critical thinking: 4.7; Legal writing: 4.4 Legal research: 4.15; Knowledge of statute: 4.14; Professional morality:4.1; Oral argumentation:4.02; Meeting skills:3.85; Leadership qualities: 3.78; Knowledge of procedures: 3.77; Social responsibility:3.62 Professional Thinking Law school is more than legal rules and memory thereof; law is a way of thinking; Accept ambiguity: there is exception to every rule; Stay out of the dispute and be emotionally detached from thereof: you are a legal professional not a layman Argue both sides: understanding the law in the real